Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/káwHiš
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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kówh₁is, from *(s)kewh₁- (“to perceive, observe”) + *-is (deverbal noun suffix).
Noun
*káwHiš m
- seer, poet
- institutor of religious rites
Declension
| masculine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *káwHiš | *káwHiH | *káwHayas |
| vocative | *káwHay | *káwHiH | *káwHayas |
| accusative | *káwHim | *káwHiH | *káwHīn, -īš |
| instrumental | *káwHiH | *káwHibʰyām | *káwHibʰiš |
| ablative | *káwHayš | *káwHibʰyām | *káwHibʰyas |
| dative | *káwHayay | *káwHibʰyām | *káwHibʰyas |
| genitive | *káwHayš | *káwHyawš | *káwHayām? |
| locative | *káwHā(w)? | *káwHyawš | *káwHišu |
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *kawHíṣ
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- Proto-Iranian: *káwHiš
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- → Middle Persian: [script needed] (kd /kay/, “title of the dynasty of Wištāsp, Kayanian”)
- Persian: کی (kay)
- → Middle Persian: [script needed] (kd /kay/, “title of the dynasty of Wištāsp, Kayanian”)
- Parthian: 𐫞𐫀𐫇 (qʾw /kaw/, “prince, lord; giant”)
- Middle Persian: 𐫞𐫀𐫇 (qʾw /kaw/, “prince, lord; giant”)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (qwy, “giant”)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (kai, “heroic; ārya-monk”)
- → Old Armenian: սկայ (skay, “giant”)
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Adjective
*káwHiš
References
- Prods Oktor Skjærvø (2013) “KAYĀNIĀN i. Kavi: Avestan kauui, Pahlavi kay”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaví”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Szemerényi, Oswald (1970) “Iranica III (Nos. 32-43)”, in Mary Boyce, Ilya Gershevitch, editors, W.B. Henning memorial volume, London: Lund Humphries, page 426